Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
For she who harvests….the spoils! It’s rare that a home-grown cob of corn makes it to the kitchen whole. And anyway, who needs dinner on a hot summer’s eve?
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
Although the rain arrived later than predicted with us, I still managed (with the help of some delightful young friends), to turn those baskets of Seville oranges into a vast quantity of delicious marmalade…..(another batch here, ready for skimming, bubbles away...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
For those who thought I was telling little white lies at my talk on Kitchen Gardening at our Open Weekend, here is proof that there was indeed bean seed in the ground where I suggested it was! The seedlings are doing well now but I’ll wait another couple of...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
This self-sown coloured chard has given us leaves on countless occasions these last months. I find it difficult to bring myself to pull out anything that’s edible, even if it is in the wrong place! This one has been prolific in the middle of the asparagus bed...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Seasonal Cooking
Five girls, six cakes – what a day! We chopped, we stirred, we blitzed, we grated, we mixed, we whisked….and we washed up! Lovely bags of warm wrapped cakes went home for tasting treats over the weekend. What huge fun! Well done everyone –...
Sep 19, 2021 | Mickey's Blog, Kitchen Gardening, Seasonal Cooking
Late morning saw me thinning fennel seedlings (perhaps I was a little over-generous with this particular sowing!). But as the task was completed just before lunch, it seemed a waste to toss these fine seedlings into the compost, so I whipped up a Clementine &...
